Dr Amir Khan

Dr Amir Khan is a British general practitioner (GP), television presenter and author. He works as an NHS GP in Bradford and is the resident doctor on ITV's Good Morning Britain and Lorraine. He first became known to television audiences through the Channel 5 documentary series GPs: Behind Closed Doors. His main social media account is on Instagram. He is not the boxer Amir Khan.

Career

Khan was born in Bradford. Besides practising as a GP, he has been a senior lecturer at the University of Leeds School of Medicine and the University of Bradford, and in 2018 the Royal College of General Practitioners named him GP Trainer of the Year.

On Channel 5 he has presented How To Keep Your Brain Young, Dr Amir's Sugar Crash and You Are What You Eat, the last with Trisha Goddard. He also hosted The Science of Sleep with Gaby Roslin, How to Lose a Stone in a Month with Ruth Langsford, and The Great British Urine Test. He co-hosts the podcast No Appointment Necessary and writes a health column for woman&home.

Books

His memoir of life as an NHS GP, The Doctor Will See You Now, was a Sunday Times bestseller. His other books include How (Not) To Have an Arranged Marriage and the children's book How Families Are Made.

Nature conservation

In October 2022 Khan was elected President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds for a three-year term, succeeding Miranda Krestovnikoff; the RSPB still lists him as its President. He is also a vice president of The Wildlife Trusts and an ambassador for the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and Butterfly Conservation.